Patent AU-2009201138-A8 (AU)
Title: Gaming system for competing for a prize of progessive bonus at plural terminals and control method of the gaming system
Inventor: KATO YOICHI
IPC: A63F13/10
Filed: 2009-03-20
Abstract: SLOT GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING SiI NOT THE EVENT GAME YES EXECUTION COMMAND HAS BEEN 0 RECEIVED? NO 5-I2 ,,56 BETTING PROCESSING EXECUTION PROCESSING ACCUMULATION PROCESSING FOR S3 PROGRESSIVE BONUS COUNT VALUE SCROLL AND STOP PROCESSING ~4 FOR SYMBOLS PROVISION PROCESSING S 10e ec9 10d 10c 10b 10a SERVER H COMMON DISPLAY 10a 10b 10c 10d 10e 290-36 13----- - 15 12, 24 ----------------------------- I--------- 112 /-j CPU RANDOM NUMBER GENERATING 137 CIRCUIT DATA ROM DISPLAY TO COMMUNICATION 110 SERVER INTERFACE CIRCUIT 16 111 RAMDISPLAY ----- 140! TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL CONTROLLER SENSOR _44 02 DRIVING HOPPER 25~ BET SWITCH 24~ SPEAKER SWITCH T - DRIVING SPEAKERS SPIN! REPEAT CIRCUIT 2~BET SWITCH H _ 128 27 START SWITCH SDE NBET 161 COUNTER 23~ PROVISION 1 RESCUE SETTING ~ HISTORY 8 SWITCH STORAGE MEDAL DETECTING 43SENSOR 45, INPUT KEY 4 104 ROM COMMUNICATION I/F NETWORK RMSERVER PROGRESIER CONTROLLING BONUS COUNTER HD LIQUID CRYSTAL COMMON DISPLAY CIRCUIT DSLAY KEYBOARD- SET OPERATING KYA RATIO STORAGE UNIT cDA 7 PROVISION TABLE (PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO 1 BET) NUMBER OF APPEARING SYMBOL SYMBOLS 7 30 TRIGGER - 10 20 1J - - 10 (SLOT GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING) FIG. 9 NOT THE EVENT GAME EXECUTION COMMAND HAS BEENS4 A ~ RECEIVED? EVENT GAME NO S32 EXECUTION PROCESSING WHETHER 1"01"O BONUS FLAG BIIS "S R 46 "0 3 BONUS GAME EXECUTION RECEIVE BET PROCESSING WHETHER ORS3 NOT BETTING OPERATION IS NO RECEIVED REDUCE CREDITS j~535 ACCUMULATE PREDETERMINED RATIO S36 OF NUMBER OF BETS TO PROGRESSIVE BONUS COUNTER WHETHER 5S37 OR NOT START SWITCH IS NO SWITCHED ON? SCROLL SYMBOLS j~5--38 OR NOT PREDETERMINED TIME HAS NO ELAPSED ? YES -S40 STOP SYMBOLS 543 ... . . ....5. 41 WHETHER HEHOR NOT WINNING IS NO ........... R NOT BONUS TRIGGER IS ESTABLISHED?. ESTABLISHED N 0 Y S 4 SET BONUS FLAG BI AT1ES Hl "1" s PROVISION PROCESSiN G ( RETURN EVENT GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING) NO NNmax? MONITOR BEHAVIOR ~52 OF EACH SLOT MACHINE READ OPERATING HISTORY 553 OF EACH SLOT MACHINE DETERMINE SLOT MACHINES UNDER 554 OPERATION, IN WHICH OPERATING RATIO IS SET OPERATING RATIO OR MORE OR MORE SLOT MACHINES N ICH MEET THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED 562 CONDITIONS? YES ONE SLOT MACHINE WHICH NO MEETS THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED TRANSMIT EVENT GAME EXECUTION S57 CONDITIONS? COLLECT EVENT GAME RESULT TRANSMIT MYSTERY BONUS GENERATION COMMAND DECIDE WINNER OF EVENT GAME ,559 TRANSMIT PROGRESSIVE BONUS ~560 GENERATION COMMAND RESET PROGRESSIVE BONUS COUNTER[_561 _!RTRN (EVENT GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING READ EVENT GAME EXECUTION TIME 572 READ DEFINED POINTS Pmax 573 RESET TOTAL POINTS PO (P0=0) S74 SCROLL SYMBOLS 575 NO PREDETERMINED TIME HAS I YFE ELAPSED? LVENT GAME EXECUTION YESTIME ELAPSED STOP SYMBOLS S77 '' RECOGNIZE POINTS P1 FROM 578 STOPPED SYMBOLS PO=PO+P1 579 TRANSMIT RESULTS TO SERVER 581 RECEIVE BONUS GENERATION COMMAND 582 PERFORM PROVISION PROCESSING 5,83 ( END (BONUS GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING) DECIDE NUMBER OF BONUS GAMES M 5101 NO WHETHER 102 NO OR NOT START SWITCH IS SWITCHED ON ? SCROLL SYMBOLS 5103 OR NOT PREDETERMINED TIME 0 HAS ELAPSED? SETSTOP SYMBOLS 5105 <Z: OR NOT WINNING GENERATE AWARD S0 M = M- 1 5108 SET BONUS FLAG B1 AT ""sillo SYMBOLS ACQUIRED POINTS L1 - L1I - L-7i- I- zE Congratulations! The machine No.3 has won the game! I I I I I I $ 100 : I i ii I (SLOT GAME EXECUTION PROCESSING) FIG. 17 NOT THE EVENT GAME YES ECUTION COMMAND HAS BEEE RECEIVED? NO EVENT GAME SE132 EXECUTION PROCESSING WHETHER 51i BONUS FLAG B 1 1S "S 154 O13 BONUS GAME RECEIVE BETTING OPERATION EXCTO|POESN WHETHER 5134 OR NOT BETTING OPERATION NO IS RECEIVED? REDUCE CREDITS S~135 SIDE BET PROCESSING ~5S136 ACCUMULATE PREDETERMINED RATIO ~5137 OF NUMBER OF BETS IN PROGRESSIVE BONUS COUNTER WHETHER S138 ORNOT START SWITCH IS N 0< SWITCHED ON? F- SCROLL SYMBOLS S139 O R NOT PREDETERMINED TIME NO HAS ELAPSED ? STOP SYMBOLS S141 WHETHER ORPAY NOT BONUS TRIGGER ISV ESTABLISHED ? S146 OYES WHETHER NO 5143 OR NOT WINING I5 SET BONUS FLAG B1 AT "1" ESTABLISHED ? S144<YES S1 RESET SIDE BET COUNTER PROVISION PROCESSING 51451 TURN OFF RESCUE PAY OR NOT COUNT VALUE OF SIDE BET COUNTER HAS N REACHED PREDETERMINED VALUE? WHETHER OR NO NOT RESCUE PAY IS TURNED ON?7 1 GENERATE RESCUE PAY 15 RESET SIDE BET COUNTER 5S152 TURN. OFF RESCUE PAY RET _______________RN________________ SIDE BET PROCESSING NST RESCUE PAY MODE YES IS TURNED ON AT PRESENT? WHETHER OR 5172 NO NOT RESCUE PAY MODE IS MADE TO BE TURNED ON? [START TO ACTIVATE SIDE BET COUNTER COLLECT A PART OF BETS AS SIDE BET 5S174 INCREASE COUNT VALUE OF ~S175 SIDE BET COUNTER